LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CISP MEMBERS: Our Lady of Christendom

Dear friends,

Today we give the floor to our great friend Jean de Tauriers, President of Notre Dame de Chrétienté, the association that organizes the famous Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres every year.

In Christo Rege,

Christian Marquant

President of the CISP

1 - Who are you?

We are a French association, Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, which has been organizing the pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres at Pentecost for the last 40 years. This association is based on three main axes: Tradition, Christendom and Mission. Tradition implies our attachment to the transmission of the Catholic faith in the difficult times that the Church is currently going through, in particular with respect to the exclusive use of the Tridentine rite. Our Lady of Christendom insists on the social reign of our Lord Jesus Christ with its vocation to reign over souls and also over the societies (Christendom). Finally, Our Lady of Christendom is a missionary movement as demonstrated by the pilgrimage to Chartres (20,000 pilgrims in 2022) and all its other activities (formation, autumn university, spiritual retreat, pilgrimages, etc.) throughout the year.

2 – Why are you attached to the Traditional liturgy?

To preserve the Catholic faith and transmit it to our children and those around us. The traditional liturgy expresses in a perfect manner the truths of the Catholic faith. Cardinal Ratzinger summarized this position well when he wrote “I am convinced that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing today is to a large extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy”.

3 – Why did you join the Coetus?

It is very important that Catholics attached to Tradition from all countries meet, get to know each other, share their views on the major current issues, and organize common events.

4 – How do you see the future?

Delicate in the short term, radiant in the longer term. In France, the situation of the Church is catastrophic (empty churches and seminaries, catechesis without substance, Catholic schools that are not very Catholic, etc.). Faced with such a disastrous situation, the Catholic families still practicing are now trying to organize themselves. Among the existing reactions, traditionalism obviously has an important place considering that it is equipped with the strength of the teaching of past centuries. All of this will take a few more years, but the traditional communities will find their place in the dioceses and in the Church. The fidelity and resistance of so many fervent and devoted Catholics, clerics and lay people, will thus find their just reward at last.

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